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WHAT WE NEED IN AMERICA TODAY IS A VIGOROUS RETURN TO THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS AND A MOST VIGOROUS DEFENSE AGAINST THE MINION OF GODLESSNESS AND ATHEISM.

J. Edgar Hoover

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J. Edgar Hoover
Age: 77 †
Born: 1895
Born: January 1
Died: 1972
Died: May 2
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